DRAFT HISTORY
2020 NHL Draft
Alexis Lafrenière went first overall to NYR. 217 players selected across 7 rounds; 73 appear in Pucky's NHL stat database.
ROUND 1
Round 1
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NYR | Alexis Lafrenière | LW | Rimouski (QMJHL) | 471 | 261 |
| 2 | LAK | Quinton Byfield | C | Sudbury (OHL) | 344 | 193 |
| 3 | OTT | Tim Stützle | LW | Mannheim (GERMANY) | 455 | 420 |
| 4 | DET | Lucas Raymond | LW | Frolunda (SWEDEN) | 407 | 334 |
| 5 | OTT | Jake Sanderson | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 304 | 181 |
| 6 | ANA | Jamie Drysdale | D | Erie (OHL) | 304 | 102 |
| 7 | NJD | Alexander Holtz | RW | Djurgarden (SWEDEN) | 191 | 55 |
| 8 | BUF | Jack Quinn | RW | Ottawa (OHL) | 268 | 156 |
| 9 | MIN | Marco Rossi | C | Ottawa (OHL) | 244 | 140 |
| 10 | WPG | Cole Perfetti | C | Saginaw (OHL) | 297 | 165 |
| 11 | NSH | Yaroslav Askarov | G | Neva St. Petersburg (RUSSIA-2) | 68 | 1 |
| 12 | FLA | Anton Lundell | C | HIFK (FINLAND) | 367 | 204 |
| 13 | CAR | Seth Jarvis | C | Portland (WHL) | 375 | 279 |
| 14 | EDM | Dylan Holloway | C | Wisconsin (BIG10) | 232 | 137 |
| 15 | TOR | Rodion Amirov | LW | Ufa (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 16 | MTL | Kaiden Guhle | D | Prince Albert (WHL) | 211 | 69 |
| 17 | CHI | Lukas Reichel | LW | Eisbaren Berlin (GERMANY) | 198 | 62 |
| 18 | NJD | Dawson Mercer | C | Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | 417 | 212 |
| 19 | NYR | Braden Schneider | D | Brandon (WHL) | 377 | 88 |
| 20 | NJD | Shakir Mukhamadullin | D | Ufa (RUSSIA) | 88 | 23 |
| 21 | CBJ | Yegor Chinakhov | RW | Omsk 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | 254 | 115 |
| 22 | WSH | Hendrix Lapierre | C | Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | 164 | 50 |
| 23 | PHI | Tyson Foerster | RW | Barrie (OHL) | 204 | 101 |
| 24 | CGY | Connor Zary | C | Kamloops (WHL) | — | — |
| 25 | COL | Justin Barron | D | Halifax (QMJHL) | 212 | 53 |
| 26 | STL | Jake Neighbours | LW | Edmonton (WHL) | 287 | 135 |
| 27 | ANA | Jacob Perreault | RW | Sarnia (OHL) | — | — |
| 28 | OTT | Ridly Greig | C | Brandon (WHL) | 253 | 106 |
| 29 | VGK | Brendan Brisson | C | Chicago (USHL) | 27 | 9 |
| 30 | DAL | Mavrik Bourque | C | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | 160 | 67 |
| 31 | SJS | Ozzy Wiesblatt | C | Prince Albert (WHL) | 45 | 6 |
ROUND 2
Round 2
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | DET | William Wallinder | D | Modo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 33 | OTT | Roby Jarventie | LW | Koovee (FINLAND-2) | 10 | 1 |
| 34 | BUF | JJ Peterka | RW | Munchen (GERMANY) | 327 | 202 |
| 35 | LAK | Helge Grans | D | Malmo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 36 | ANA | Sam Colangelo | RW | Chicago (USHL) | 48 | 15 |
| 37 | MIN | Marat Khusnutdinov | C | SKA St. Petersburg 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | 175 | 52 |
| 38 | SJS | Thomas Bordeleau | C | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 39 | MIN | Ryan O'Rourke | D | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | — | — |
| 40 | WPG | Daniel Torgersson | LW | Frolunda Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 41 | CAR | Noel Gunler | RW | Lulea (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 42 | NSH | Luke Evangelista | RW | London (OHL) | 258 | 145 |
| 43 | FLA | Emil Heineman | LW | Leksand Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 155 | 51 |
| 44 | OTT | Tyler Kleven | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 174 | 33 |
| 45 | LAK | Brock Faber | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 242 | 127 |
| 46 | CHI | Drew Commesso | G | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 5 | 0 |
| 47 | MTL | Luke Tuch | LW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 48 | MTL | Jan Mysak | C | Hamilton (OHL) | — | — |
| 49 | ARI | FORFEIT | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | CGY | Yan Kuznetsov | D | U. of Connecticut (H-EAST) | 64 | 13 |
| 51 | DET | Theodor Niederbach | C | Frolunda Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 52 | PIT | Joel Blomqvist | G | Karpat Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 53 | CAR | Vasily Ponomarev | C | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 54 | PHI | Emil Andrae | D | HV 71 Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 110 | 21 |
| 55 | DET | Cross Hanas | LW | Portland (WHL) | — | — |
| 56 | SJS | Tristen Robins | C | Saskatoon (WHL) | — | — |
| 57 | TBL | Jack Finley | C | Spokane (WHL) | 45 | 5 |
| 58 | BOS | Mason Lohrei | D | Green Bay (USHL) | 198 | 77 |
| 59 | TOR | Roni Hirvonen | C | Assat (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 60 | NYR | Will Cuylle | LW | Windsor (OHL) | 258 | 110 |
| 61 | OTT | Egor Sokolov | LW | Cape Breton (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 62 | TBL | Gage Goncalves | C | Everett (WHL) | 142 | 53 |
ROUND 3
Round 3
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | DET | Donovan Sebrango | D | Kitchener (OHL) | 44 | 8 |
| 64 | TOR | Topi Niemela | D | Karpat (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 65 | MIN | Daemon Hunt | D | Moose Jaw (WHL) | 53 | 7 |
| 66 | LAK | Kasper Simontaival | RW | Tappara Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 67 | ANA | Ian Moore | D | St. Mark's School (HIGH-MA) | 70 | 13 |
| 68 | VGK | Lukas Cormier | D | Charlottetown (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 69 | CAR | Alexander Nikishin | D | Spartak (RUSSIA) | 81 | 33 |
| 70 | DET | Eemil Viro | D | TPS (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 71 | OTT | Leevi Merilainen | G | Karpat Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | 40 | 0 |
| 72 | CGY | Jeremie Poirier | D | Saint John (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 73 | NSH | Luke Prokop | D | Calgary (WHL) | — | — |
| 74 | FLA | Ty Smilanic | C | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 75 | COL | Jean-Luc Foudy | C | Windsor (OHL) | — | — |
| 76 | SJS | Danil Gushchin | LW | Muskegon (USHL) | — | — |
| 77 | PIT | Calle Clang | G | Rogle Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 78 | CBJ | Samuel Knazko | D | TPS Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 79 | CHI | Landon Slaggert | LW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 102 | 17 |
| 80 | CGY | Jake Boltmann | D | Edina H.S. (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 81 | CHI | Wyatt Kaiser | D | Andover (HIGH-MN) | 183 | 38 |
| 82 | VAN | Joni Jurmo | D | Jokerit Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 83 | LAK | Alex Laferriere | RW | Des Moines (USHL) | 245 | 112 |
| 84 | NJD | Nico Daws | G | Guelph (OHL) | 58 | 1 |
| 85 | TBL | Maxim Groshev | RW | Nizhnekamsk (RUSSIA) | 2 | 1 |
| 86 | STL | Dylan Peterson | C | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 87 | FLA | Justin Sourdif | RW | Vancouver (WHL) | 89 | 37 |
| 88 | STL | Leo Loof | D | Farjestad Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 89 | BOS | Trevor Kuntar | C | Youngstown (USHL) | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | NYI | Alexander Ljungkrantz | RW | Brynas Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 91 | VGK | Jackson Hallum | LW | St. Thomas (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 92 | NYR | Oliver Tarnstrom | C | AIK Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 93 | TBL | Jack Thompson | D | Sudbury (OHL) | — | — |
ROUND 4
Round 4
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | PHI | Zayde Wisdom | RW | Kingston (OHL) | — | — |
| 95 | FLA | Mike Benning | D | Sherwood Park (AJHL) | 18 | 6 |
| 96 | CGY | Daniil Chechelev | G | Chekhov 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 97 | DET | Sam Stange | RW | Sioux Falls (USHL) | — | — |
| 98 | SJS | Brandon Coe | RW | North Bay (OHL) | — | — |
| 99 | NJD | Jaromir Pytlik | C | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | — | — |
| 100 | EDM | Carter Savoie | LW | Sherwood Park (AJHL) | — | — |
| 101 | NSH | Adam Wilsby | D | Sodertalje (SWEDEN-2) | 88 | 23 |
| 102 | MTL | Jack Smith | C | St. Cloud Cathedral (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 103 | NYR | Dylan Garand | G | Kamloops (WHL) | 8 | 0 |
| 104 | ANA | Thimo Nickl | D | Drummondville (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 105 | FLA | Zachary Uens | D | Merrimack (H-EAST) | — | — |
| 106 | TOR | Artur Akhtyamov | G | Irbis Kazan (RUSSIA-JR.) | 3 | 0 |
| 107 | DET | Jan Bednar | G | Sokolov (CZREP-2) | — | — |
| 108 | PIT | Lukas Svejkovsky | C | Medicine Hat (WHL) | — | — |
| 109 | MTL | Blake Biondi | C | Hermantown (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 110 | CHI | Michael Krutil | D | Sparta Jr. (CZREP-JR.) | — | — |
| 111 | ARI | Mitchell Miller | D | Tri-City (USHL) | — | — |
| 112 | LAK | Juho Markkanen | G | Saipa Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 113 | VAN | Jackson Kunz | LW | Shattuck-St. Mary's (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 114 | CBJ | Mikael Pyyhtia | LW | TPS Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | 71 | 11 |
| 115 | CAR | Zion Nybeck | LW | HV 71 Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 116 | TBL | Eamon Powell | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 117 | WSH | Bogdan Trineyev | RW | Dynamo Moscow 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 118 | COL | Colby Ambrosio | C | Tri-City (USHL) | — | — |
| 119 | STL | Tanner Dickinson | C | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | — | — |
| 120 | NJD | Ethan Edwards | D | Spruce Grove (AJHL) | — | — |
| 121 | NYI | Alex Jefferies | LW | The Gunnery (HIGH-CT) | — | — |
| 122 | TOR | William Villeneuve | D | Saint John (QMJHL) | 3 | 0 |
| 123 | DAL | Antonio Stranges | LW | London (OHL) | — | — |
| 124 | MTL | Sean Farrell | C | Chicago (USHL) | — | — |
ROUND 5
Round 5
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | VGK | Jesper Vikman | G | AIK Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 126 | EDM | Tyler Tullio | RW | Oshawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 127 | NYR | Evan Vierling | C | Barrie (OHL) | — | — |
| 128 | LAK | Martin Chromiak | RW | Kingston (OHL) | — | — |
| 129 | ANA | Artyom Galimov | LW | Kazan (RUSSIA) | — | — |
| 130 | NJD | Artem Shlaine | C | Shattuck-St. Mary's (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 131 | BUF | Matteo Costantini | C | Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL) | — | — |
| 132 | DET | Alex Cotton | D | Lethbridge (WHL) | — | — |
| 133 | WPG | Anton Johannesson | D | HV 71 Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 134 | NYR | Brett Berard | LW | USA U-18 (NTDP) | 48 | 10 |
| 135 | PHI | Elliot Desnoyers | LW | Moncton (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 136 | MTL | Jakub Dobes | G | Omaha (USHL) | 63 | 0 |
| 137 | TOR | Dmitry Ovchinnikov | C | Novosibirsk 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 138 | EDM | Maksim Berezkin | LW | Yaroslavl 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 139 | COL | Ryder Rolston | RW | Waterloo (USHL) | — | — |
| 140 | LAK | Ben Meehan | D | Cedar Rapids (USHL) | — | — |
| 141 | CHI | Isaak Phillips | D | Sudbury (OHL) | 59 | 12 |
| 142 | ARI | Carson Bantle | LW | Madison (USHL) | — | — |
| 143 | CGY | Ryan Francis | RW | Cape Breton (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 144 | VAN | Jacob Truscott | D | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 145 | CBJ | Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm | D | Mississauga (OHL) | — | — |
| 146 | MIN | Pavel Novak | RW | Kelowna (WHL) | — | — |
| 147 | TBL | Jaydon Dureau | LW | Portland (WHL) | — | — |
| 148 | WSH | Bear Hughes | C | Spokane (WHL) | — | — |
| 149 | PIT | Raivis Ansons | RW | Baie Comeau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 150 | STL | Matthew Kessel | D | U. Mass. (H-EAST) | 101 | 14 |
| 151 | BOS | Mason Langenbrunner | D | Eden Prarie (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 152 | NYI | William Dufour | RW | Drummondville (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 153 | FLA | Kasper Puutio | D | Everett (WHL) | — | — |
| 154 | DAL | Daniel Ljungman | C | Linkoping Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 155 | OTT | Eric Engstrand | LW | Malmo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
ROUND 6
Round 6
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | DET | Kyle Aucoin | D | Tri-City (USHL) | — | — |
| 157 | TBL | Nick Capone | RW | Tri-City (USHL) | — | — |
| 158 | OTT | Philippe Daoust | C | Moncton (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 159 | CAR | Lucas Mercuri | C | Salisbury (HIGH-CT) | — | — |
| 160 | ANA | Albin Sundsvik | C | Skelleftea (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 161 | NJD | Benjamin Baumgartner | C | Davos (SWISS) | — | — |
| 162 | DAL | Yauheni Aksiantsiuk | LW | Flint (OHL) | — | — |
| 163 | STL | Will Cranley | G | Ottawa (OHL) | — | — |
| 164 | WPG | Tyrel Bauer | D | Seattle (WHL) | — | — |
| 165 | NYR | Matt Rempe | C | Seattle (WHL) | 87 | 11 |
| 166 | NSH | Luke Reid | D | Chicago (USHL) | — | — |
| 167 | COL | Nils Aman | C | Leksand Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | 132 | 29 |
| 168 | TOR | Veeti Miettinen | RW | K-Espoo Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 169 | EDM | Filip Engaras | C | New Hampshire (H-EAST) | — | — |
| 170 | PIT | Chase Yoder | C | USA U-18 (NTDP) | — | — |
| 171 | MTL | Alexander Gordin | RW | SKA St. Petersburg 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 172 | CHI | Chad Yetman | C | Erie (OHL) | — | — |
| 173 | ARI | Filip Barklund | C | Orebro Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 174 | CGY | Rory Kerins | C | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | 9 | 4 |
| 175 | VAN | Dmitry Zlodeyev | C | Dynamo Moscow 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 176 | CBJ | Samuel Johannesson | D | Rogle (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 177 | TOR | Axel Rindell | D | Jukurit (FINLAND) | — | — |
| 178 | PHI | Connor McClennon | RW | Winnipeg (WHL) | — | — |
| 179 | WSH | Garin Bjorklund | G | Medicine Hat (WHL) | — | — |
| 180 | TOR | Joe Miller | C | Blake (HIGH-MN) | — | — |
| 181 | OTT | Cole Reinhardt | LW | Brandon (WHL) | 77 | 17 |
| 182 | BOS | Riley Duran | C | Lawrence Academy (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 183 | NYI | Matias Rajaniemi | D | Pelicans Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 184 | VGK | Noah Ellis | D | Des Moines (USHL) | — | — |
| 185 | DAL | Rémi Poirier | G | Gatineau (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 186 | TBL | Amir Miftakhov | G | Bars Kazan (RUSSIA-2) | — | — |
ROUND 7
Round 7
| # | Team | Player | Pos | Drafted From | NHL GP | NHL PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187 | DET | Kienan Draper | RW | St. Andrew's College (HIGH-ON) | — | — |
| 188 | CHI | Louis Crevier | D | Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | 142 | 33 |
| 189 | TOR | John Fusco | D | Dexter School (HIGH-MA) | — | — |
| 190 | LAK | Aatu Jamsen | RW | Pelicans Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 191 | VAN | Viktor Persson | D | Brynas Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 192 | ARI | Elliot Ekefjard | RW | IF Björklöven J20 (J20 Elit) | — | — |
| 193 | BUF | Albert Lyckasen | D | Linkoping Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 194 | STL | Noah Beck | D | Fargo (USHL) | — | — |
| 195 | TOR | Wyatt Schingoethe | C | Waterloo (USHL) | — | — |
| 196 | SJS | Alex Young | C | Canmore (AJHL) | — | — |
| 197 | NYR | Hugo Ollas | G | Linkoping Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 198 | FLA | Elliot Ekmark | C | Linkoping Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 199 | CAR | Alexander Pashin | RW | Ufa 2 (RUSSIA-JR.) | — | — |
| 200 | EDM | Jeremias Lindewall | RW | Modo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 201 | SJS | Adam Raska | RW | Rimouski (QMJHL) | — | — |
| 202 | NSH | Gunnarwolfe Fontaine | LW | Chicago (USHL) | — | — |
| 203 | DET | Chase Bradley | LW | Omaha (USHL) | — | — |
| 204 | ARI | Ben McCartney | LW | Brandon (WHL) | — | — |
| 205 | CGY | Ilya Solovyov | D | Saginaw (OHL) | 45 | 12 |
| 206 | SJS | Linus Oberg | C | Orebro (SWEDEN) | — | — |
| 207 | ANA | Ethan Bowen | C | Chilliwack (BCHL) | — | — |
| 208 | CAR | Ronan Seeley | D | Everett (WHL) | 1 | 0 |
| 209 | NSH | Chase McLane | C | Tri-City (USHL) | — | — |
| 210 | SJS | Timofey Spitserov | RW | Culver Academy (HIGH-IN) | — | — |
| 211 | WSH | Oskar Magnusson | LW | Malmo Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.) | — | — |
| 212 | FLA | Devon Levi | G | Carleton Place (CCHL) | — | — |
| 213 | TOR | Ryan Tverberg | C | Toronto JC (OJHL) | 2 | 0 |
| 214 | NYI | Henrik Tikkanen | G | HIFK Jr. (FINLAND-JR.) | — | — |
| 215 | VGK | Maxim Marushev | C | Bars Kazan (RUSSIA-2) | — | — |
| 216 | BUF | Jakub Konecny | C | Sparta Jr. (CZREP-JR.) | — | — |
| 217 | TBL | Declan McDonnell | RW | Kitchener (OHL) | — | — |
2020 NHL draft — frequently asked
- Who went first overall in the 2020 NHL draft?
- Alexis Lafrenière was selected first overall by NYR, out of Rimouski (QMJHL).
- How many players were drafted in 2020?
- 217 players were selected across 7 rounds of the 2020 NHL draft.
- Who has the most NHL points from the 2020 draft class?
- Tim Stützle (pick #3, OTT) leads the 2020 class with 420 career NHL points.